Quote ="El Diablo"Almost everything you suggest as fixes has a cost implication for a sport that is not exactly flush. Some of them I plain don't agree with anyway.
If you want better refereeing, the best way is probably to have more referees. Which means making the job atttractive to them and making refereeing a grass roots game something to be done without being Jean Claude Van Damme or having a death wish.
I'm all for raising standards, but as the calls in your petition are not practical ore constructive. More technology is not the answer, and I think the over-use of video refs is spoiling parts of the game already.
Before calling for more video ref use, I propose the following trial:
In every match where the video ref is used, each referee indicates (write it in an old fashioned notebook for instance) the decision they would be making. Then see how often the video ref (and the 2 minutes of everyone's time) is actually improving decision-making. I say this not because I think I know the answer, but precisely because I don't.
Summary: no signature from me. Sorry.'"
Thank you for reading, and thank you for your honesty.
And thank you for not telling me to "get a grip" as London fans have said.
